I do wooden jigsaw puzzles and take pictures of them.
Sparrow Puzzles, 300 pieces. I think this maker is one of the ones knocked off on eBay, even though it's a smaller producer. The eBay economy is a mystery to me. Anyway, this Etsy seller produces a Wentworth-like puzzle in thinness and engraved whimsies. Reasonably difficult for its size because the colors were spread throughout the puzzle with small variations. Some feathers were almost color-line-cut. 3/5
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| non-connected multipiece image |
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| Why is this picture upside down? Apple or Google knows. |
Artifact, 208 pieces. Nice small puzzle with some whimsies that complement the round shape as well as the expected religious themes, including 3D elements. 3/5
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| whimsy nativity |
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| a banner |
Nautilus, 500 pieces. Nautilus didn't stint on the whimsies for this image, basically animals and flowering plants/leaves, a couple of them multi-piece. 3/5
Artifact, 242 pieces. Smallish, colorful puzzle with seasonal themed whimsies. 3/5
Woodbests, 343 pieces. So far, Woodbests has been decent for the price; a little dark, which likely hides some burning of the image, but here the zodiac-themed whimsies are a cut above (sorry) the usual for this price point. 3/5
Lucretia's Pieces, 258 pieces. A puzzlemaker I like a lot despite not having much experience with it! Approaching Stave in quality with whimsies that nicely reflect the image. 6/10 Stave scale
Wentworth, 500 pieces. A nice, colorful image for a Wentworth. 3/5
Artifact, 221 pieces. Colorful, smallish puzzle with the usual domestic whimsies. 3/5
Puzzlewood, 193 pieces. Lots of negative space here, making for some extra difficulty. 6/10 Stave scale; never fails to impress me how she can get the connectors so tiny without making them easy to snap off.
Stave, retired Teaser, 2/3 swords. This one had tight fitting pieces, but not so tight that it was impossible to distinguish a correct fit from a bad one. 6/10 charming, assemblable without the frame.
S-Mark Legpuzzel, 86 pieces. Wow! Like Granny Nanny, imageless and near-random piece shapes with some dropouts to make things even harder; here the irregular edges make this very hard, especially with the struggle to figure out which side is which. 5/5
Artifact/Ecru, 327 pieces. A pretty hard puzzle, consistent with the Ecru line. 3/5
Wentworth, 500 pieces. Very nice colors and repeating images, plus lots of cat whimsies--what's not to like? 3/5
Liminal, 94 pieces. Another in the series of hard-for-their-size, color-it-yourself puzzles. A nice treat. 3/5
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| I think these are the only interacting whimsies in the series |
